MONTREAL (Reuters) – Canada’s WestJet Airways (WJA.TO) on Monday stated it has eliminated the Boeing (BA.N) 737 MAX jet from its community schedule by means of Nov. four, because the airplane’s grounding drags on longer than carriers beforehand anticipated.

The nation’s second-largest provider, which operated 13 MAX jets, stated in a weblog submit it might cut back frequencies, and droop sure home and worldwide routes like Halifax to Paris for the remainder of the summer time season. The provider had beforehand taken the 737 MAX out of its schedule till August.

The 737 MAX was grounded worldwide in March after an Ethiopian Airways airplane plunged to the bottom quickly after take-off, 5 months after an analogous Lion Air deadly crash off the coast of Indonesia.

Boeing Chief Govt Dennis Muilenburg informed analysts final week he was assured the MAX can be again in service as early as October after a certification flight with regulators in September.

North American airways have cancelled hundreds of flights due to the grounding, with Southwest Airways Co (LUV.N) final week extending its MAX-related cancellations till Jan. 5, 2020, and saying it might finish operations at Newark Liberty Worldwide airport.

For the reason that March grounding, WestJet stated it was capable of preserve “98 per cent of our whole deliberate departures, that means of roughly 175,000 flights, we cancelled solely three,661.”

WestJet, which is being taken non-public by buyout agency Onex Corp (ONEX.TO), final week reported a shock quarterly revenue and better-than-expected income regardless of the grounding.

The nation’s largest provider Air Canada CA.TO has taken the airplane out of its schedule till Sept. 2.